2019 EuroLeague Final Four

The 2019 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 19th season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 32nd Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 34th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. The Final Four was played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 17 and 19 May 2019.^[2][3]

2019 EuroLeague Final Four

The official logo was unveiled on 20 February 2019[1]
Season	2018–19 EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	Fernando Buesa Arena Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Dates	17–19 May 2019
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow (8th title)
Runners-up	Anadolu Efes
Third place	Real Madrid
Fourth place	Fenerbahçe Beko
Awards and statistics
MVP	Will Clyburn
Top scorer(s)	Shane Larkin (59 points)
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Venue

Outside view of the Fernando Buesa Arena during the Final Four

Interior view of the Fernando Buesa Arena during the Final Four

On May 15, 2018, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four will be held in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It was the first time ever the event would be hosted in Vitoria. The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA Saporta Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 EuroCup Finals.^[4]

The Final Eight of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) was played four times at Buesa Arena (2000, 2002, 2008 and 2013).^[5]

On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of the Spanish Liga ACB with 15,504 spectators.^[6]

Vitoria-Gasteiz	Vitoria-Gasteiz 2019 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Fernando Buesa Arena
Capacity: 15,716

Background

Real Madrid

Real Madrid failed to defend the title after finishing the regular season in the third position, with a 22–8 record, and being the first qualified team by beating Panathinaikos OPAP 3–0 in the playoffs. This was their seventh Final Four in the last nine editions and the third consecutive.

Coach Pablo Laso could have won his third title in his sixth Final Four appearance.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Championship game
	17 May
	Fenerbahçe Beko	73
					19 May
	Anadolu Efes	92
					Anadolu Efes	83
	17 May
					CSKA Moscow	91
	CSKA Moscow	95
	Real Madrid	90
					Third place game
					19 May
					Fenerbahçe Beko	75
					Real Madrid	94

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Turkish champions Fenerbahçe Beko returned to the Final Four to make it their fifth straight appearance. Led by head coach Željko Obradović, the all-time record holder for most EuroLeague championships won by a head coach, it defeated Žalgiris Kaunas 3–1 in the play-offs, to clinch a semi-final spot.

Anadolu Efes qualified for its first Final Four since 2001, this being their third appearance in total, after finishing the regular season in the 16 th (last) place the previous year. The club beat Barcelona Lassa 3–2 in the play-offs.

Larkin set a new EuroLeague Final Four record for Performance Index Rating with 43.^[7]

17 May 2019	Fenerbahçe Beko	73–92	Anadolu Efes	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 20–26, 17–23, 16–24
	Pts: Veselý 14 Rebs: Melli 4 Asts: Gudurić 6 PIR: Kalinić 15	Boxscore	Pts: Larkin 30 Rebs: Dunston 10 Asts: Larkin 7 PIR: Larkin 43	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 13,470 Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Oļegs Latiševs, Mehdi Difallah

Fenerbahçe Beko v Anadolu Efes

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 35 Ali Muhammed 4 2 3 SG 1 Erick Green 13 0 1 SF 23 Marko Gudurić 8 2 6 PF 4 Nicolò Melli 9 4 2 C 44 Ahmet Düverioğlu 0 2 1 Reserves: PF 5 Barış Hersek DNP SG 10 Melih Mahmutoğlu 5 3 1 SF 12 Nikola Kalinić 12 3 2 F 13 Tarık Biberovic 0 0 0 PG 16 Kostas Sloukas 8 3 2 C 24 Jan Veselý 14 2 2 PG 32 Sinan Güler 0 0 0 Head coach: Željko Obradović

Fenerbahçe Anadolu Efes 0 Fenerbahçe Statistics A. Efes 21/42 (50%) 2-pt field goals 17/30 (50.7%) 6/21 (28.6%) 3-pt field goals 14/32 (43.8%) 13/16 (81.3%) Free throws 16/20 (80%) 6 Offensive rebounds 12 19 Defensive rebounds 31 25 Total rebounds 43 20 Assists 13 5 Turnovers 10 5 Steals 5 2 Blocks 1 24 Fouls 18

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Shane Larkin 30 7 7 SG 22 Vasilije Micić 25 5 1 SF 44 Krunoslav Simon 0 1 0 PF 18 Adrien Moerman 7 5 2 C 42 Bryant Dunston 9 10 0 Reserves: G 1 Rodrigue Beaubois 2 2 2 PG 4 Doğuş Balbay 0 0 0 PF 12 Brock Motum 9 4 0 C 15 Sertaç Şanlı DNP G 19 Buğrahan Tuncer DNP C 21 Tibor Pleiß 0 2 1 SF 23 James Anderson 10 5 0 Head coach: Ergin Ataman

Semifinal B

Russian champions CSKA Moscow returned to the Final Four to make it their eighth consecutive Final Four appearance. The club beat Kirolbet Baskonia 3–1 in the play-offs.

Defending Euroleague and spanish champions Real Madrid would play its third consecutive Final Four appearance. The match would be a re-match of the 2018 Semifinal A, which Real Madrid won on their way to their 10th title. Real Madrid beat Panathinaikos OPAP 3–0 in the play-offs.

17 May 2019	CSKA Moscow	95–90	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 25–23, 22–28, 30–17
	Pts: De Colo, Rodríguez 23 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Rodríguez 4 PIR: De Colo 27	Boxscore	Pts: Causeur 18 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Campazzo 6 PIR: Causeur 17	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 13,199 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Borys Ryzhyk, Anne Panther

CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Nando de Colo 23 4 2 SG 23 Daniel Hackett 3 3 2 SF 21 Will Clyburn 18 5 1 PF 41 Nikita Kurbanov 0 2 0 C 44 Othello Hunter 8 5 0 Reserves: F 3 Joel Bolomboy 0 0 0 F 5 Alec Peters 3 5 1 G 7 Ivan Ukhov DNP PG 13 Sergio Rodríguez 23 0 4 PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP G 22 Cory Higgins 11 3 1 C 42 Kyle Hines 6 4 0 Head coach: Dimitrios Itoudis

CSKA Moscow Real Madrid 0 CSKA Statistics R.Madrid 17/38 (44.7%) 2-pt field goals 24/46 (52.2%) 9/18 (50%) 3-pt field goals 7/24 (29.2%) 34/42 (81%) Free throws 21/24 (87.5%) 6 Offensive rebounds 11 25 Defensive rebounds 24 31 Total rebounds 35 11 Assists 16 8 Turnovers 8 2 Steals 4 2 Blocks 7 22 Fouls 32

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Facundo Campazzo 10 2 6 SG 5 Rudy Fernández 10 2 4 SF 44 Jeffery Taylor 3 2 1 PF 3 Anthony Randolph 12 5 0 C 22 Edy Tavares 6 9 0 Reserves: SG 1 Fabien Causeur 18 2 1 PF 9 Felipe Reyes DNP C 14 Gustavo Ayón 2 2 1 SG 20 Jaycee Carroll 5 1 0 PG 23 Sergio Llull 13 2 2 SF 24 Gabriel Deck 2 2 0 PF 33 Trey Thompkins 9 6 1 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Third place game

Fenerbahçe and Real Madrid faced off in a re-match of the 2018 championship game. Facundo Campazzo set an all-time record for assists in a Final Four game, with 15. He surpassed Terrell McIntyre's record from 2008.^[8]

19 May 2019	Fenerbahçe Beko	75–94	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
17:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 24–14, 23–31, 12–25
	Pts: Sloukas 17 Rebs: Düverioğlu 9 Asts: Sloukas 6 PIR: Sloukas 18	Boxscore	Pts: Ayón 23 Rebs: Ayón 11 Asts: Campazzo 15 PIR: Ayón 36	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 12,866 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Fernando Rocha, Mehdi Difallah

Fenerbahçe Beko v Real Madrid

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 32 Sinan Güler 4 0 2 SG 1 Erick Green 4 0 0 SF 23 Marko Gudurić 11 1 2 PF 12 Nikola Kalinić 8 3 0 C 44 Ahmet Düverioğlu 4 9 2 Reserves: PF 4 Nicolò Melli 7 5 0 PF 5 Barış Hersek DNP SG 10 Melih Mahmutoğlu 14 2 3 F 13 Tarık Biberovic 0 0 0 PG 16 Kostas Sloukas 17 1 6 SF 18 Egehan Arna 0 1 0 C 24 Jan Veselý 6 0 0 Head coach: Željko Obradović

Fenerbahçe Real Madrid 0 Fenerbahçe Statistics R.Madrid 16/32 (50%) 2-pt field goals 23/35 (65.7%) 10/27 (37%) 3-pt field goals 11/21 (52.4%) 13/15 (86.7%) Free throws 15/19 (78.9%) 5 Offensive rebounds 6 18 Defensive rebounds 28 23 Total rebounds 34 15 Assists 30 11 Turnovers 7 7 Steals 12 2 Blocks 4 22 Fouls 19

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Facundo Campazzo 12 3 15 SG 20 Jaycee Carroll 8 0 0 SF 5 Rudy Fernández 6 2 5 PF 9 Felipe Reyes 6 2 0 C 14 Gustavo Ayón 23 11 3 Reserves: SG 1 Fabien Causeur 13 2 2 SF 16 Santiago Yusta 2 0 0 C 22 Edy Tavares 2 4 1 PG 23 Sergio Llull 4 2 1 SF 24 Gabriel Deck 3 3 0 SG 25 Klemen Prepelič 3 0 1 PF 33 Trey Thompkins 12 5 2 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Championship game

The seven-time EuroLeague champions CSKA Moscow advanced to the championship game for the seventh time and first since 2016 EuroLeague Final Four. Anadolu Efes advance to the Final Four Championship Game for the first time in their history, having finished third in both previous Euroleague Final Four participations. Remarkable was that in the previous season, Efes finished sixteenth and last in the EuroLeague.

Shane Larkin broke the record for most points scored in a Final Four, with 59 total.^[9]

19 May 2019	Anadolu Efes	83–91	CSKA Moscow	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
20:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 22–15, 20–24, 21–23
	Pts: Larkin 29 Rebs: Dunston, Simon 10 Asts: Micić 5 PIR: Larkin 24	Boxscore	Pts: Higgins, Clyburn 20 Rebs: Three players 5 Asts: Hackett 5 PIR: Higgins 23	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 13,420 Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Luigi Lamonica, Oļegs Latiševs

Anadolu Efes v CSKA Moscow

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Shane Larkin 29 1 2 SG 22 Vasilije Micić 10 0 5 SF 23 James Anderson 7 0 0 PF 18 Adrien Moerman 2 3 0 C 42 Bryant Dunston 13 10 2 Reserves: G 1 Rodrigue Beaubois 3 0 0 PG 4 Doğuş Balbay 0 0 0 PF 12 Brock Motum 4 3 0 C 15 Sertaç Şanlı 0 0 0 G 19 Buğrahan Tuncer DNP C 21 Tibor Pleiß 0 1 0 SF 44 Krunoslav Simon 15 10 2 Head coach: Ergin Ataman

Anadolu Efes CSKA Moscow 0 A. Efes Statistics CSKA 15/40 (37.5%) 2-pt field goals 17/32 (53.1%) 11/30 (36.7%) 3-pt field goals 14/22 (63.6%) 20/22 (90.9%) Free throws 15/18 (83.3%) 19 Offensive rebounds 8 17 Defensive rebounds 27 36 Total rebounds 35 12 Assists 18 9 Turnovers 11 4 Steals 3 2 Blocks 2 22 Fouls 22 2018–19 EuroLeague champions CSKA Moscow 8th title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Nando de Colo 15 4 4 SG 23 Daniel Hackett 7 3 5 SF 21 Will Clyburn 20 5 2 PF 41 Nikita Kurbanov 7 5 3 C 44 Othello Hunter 7 1 0 Reserves: F 3 Joel Bolomboy 0 2 0 F 5 Alec Peters 0 0 0 G 7 Ivan Ukhov 0 0 0 PG 13 Sergio Rodríguez 6 2 0 PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP G 22 Cory Higgins 20 3 2 C 42 Kyle Hines 9 5 2 Head coach: Dimitrios Itoudis